The Kilinochchi Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Jaffna Electoral District, in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Kilinochchi has matched the final country result 2 out of 8 times.

Year Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kilinochchi and the Jaffna Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kilinochchi and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2019 NDF NDF 2.82% SLPP 43.69% 2015 NDF NDF 2.34% NDF 21.58% 2010 NDF NDF 9.49% UPFA 38.42% 2005 UNP UNP 27.21% UPFA 50.27% 1999 UNP PA 16.52% PA 19.76% 1994 PA PA 2.79% PA 30.64% 1988 SLFP SLFP 6.70% UNP 10.79% 1982 ACTC ACTC 10.19% UNP 25.15% Matches/Mean MAE 2/8 3/8 9.76% 8/8 30.04%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 55,585 87.11% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99% Other Parties (with < 1%) 3,949 6.19% 30,140 8.08% 729,468 5.50% SLPP 3,238 5.07% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25% DUNF 1,041 1.63% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26% Valid Votes 63,813 97.28% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 1,782 2.72% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 65,595 75.68% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 86,670 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 38,856 72.11% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 13,300 24.68% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,730 3.21% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 53,886 96.52% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,940 3.48% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 55,826 70.58% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 79,093 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 4,717 75.11% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 991 15.78% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 373 5.94% 16,968 9.51% 165,268 1.59% DUNF 199 3.17% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38% Valid Votes 6,280 95.64% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 286 4.36% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 6,566 7.23% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 90,811 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 1 100.00% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43% Valid Votes 1 100.00% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88%

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 1,262 62.60% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71% PA 593 29.41% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12% Other Parties (with < 1%) 49 2.43% 3,847 3.45% 427,442 5.07% LDA 33 1.64% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28% SLMP 31 1.54% 1,041 0.93% 17,359 0.21% Ind 2 26 1.29% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32% Liberal 22 1.09% 1,368 1.23% 25,085 0.30% Valid Votes 2,016 94.51% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 117 5.49% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 2,133 3.76% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 56,792 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 174 93.55% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 9 4.84% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91% SLPF 2 1.08% 25 0.14% 22,749 0.30% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1 0.54% 393 2.24% 114,291 1.51% Valid Votes 186 96.37% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 7 3.63% 141 0.80% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 193 0.34% 17,716 2.97% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 55,995 596,422 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 4,064 38.88% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95% UNP 3,793 36.29% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43% SLMP 2,596 24.83% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 10,453 96.51% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 378 3.49% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 10,831 20.21% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 53,604 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ACTC 9,822 54.30% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67% SLFP 4,188 23.15% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05% UNP 3,616 19.99% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93% Other Parties (with < 1%) 273 1.51% 5,552 2.55% 75,526 1.16% JVP 188 1.04% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19% Valid Votes 18,087 94.70% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 1,012 5.30% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 19,099 48.02% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 39,773 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Kilinochchi has matched the final country result 0 out of 7 times.

Year Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kilinochchi and the Jaffna Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kilinochchi and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 ITAK ITAK 6.34% UNP 40.01% 2010 ITAK ITAK 2.94% UPFA 23.17% 2004 ITAK ITAK 7.84% UPFA 6.70% 2001 TULF TULF 5.58% UNP 19.24% 2000 UNP EPDP 11.26% PA 3.80% 1994 SLMC IND2 72.10% PA 1.56% 1989 TULF INDI 18.06% UNP 24.56% Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 17.73% 7/7 17.01%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 38,155 77.82% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63% EPDP 6,417 13.09% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30% UNP 1,646 3.36% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 1,285 2.62% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48% Other Parties (with < 1%) 997 2.03% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21% AITC 532 1.09% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17% Valid Votes 49,032 90.87% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 4,689 8.69% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 53,957 68.22% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 79,093 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 4,192 45.82% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91% UPFA 3,367 36.81% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38% TULF 497 5.43% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11% UNP 386 4.22% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37% DUA 255 2.79% 764 0.52% 1,270 0.02% Other Parties (with < 1%) 250 2.73% 17,056 11.53% 490,961 6.12% PERLF 201 2.20% 1,821 1.23% 2,100 0.03% Valid Votes 9,148 83.02% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 1,807 16.40% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 11,019 12.13% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 90,811 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 29,574 98.78% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85% Other Parties (with < 1%) 365 1.22% 26,706 9.40% 795,849 8.61% Valid Votes 29,939 93.12% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 2,213 6.88% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 32,152 55.46% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 57,975 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 1,100 60.74% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89% EPDP 431 23.80% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81% UNP 191 10.55% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62% INDP 68 3.75% 2,677 1.43% 2,900 0.03% Other Parties (with < 1%) 21 1.16% 8,144 4.36% 1,049,603 11.72% Valid Votes 1,811 93.16% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 133 6.84% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 1,944 3.38% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 57,595 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 278 32.67% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12% EPDP 216 25.38% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59% IG2 138 16.22% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37% TULF 119 13.98% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23% ACTC 43 5.05% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32% DPLF 24 2.82% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24% IG6 18 2.12% 2,058 1.79% 3,162 0.04% Other Parties (with < 1%) 15 1.76% 7,419 6.45% 903,409 10.50% Valid Votes 851 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLMC 56 84.85% 2,098 15.56% 143,307 1.80% IND1 6 9.09% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61% EPRLF 2 3.03% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12% IND2 2 3.03% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21% Valid Votes 66 100.00% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 8,850 42.30% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37% INDI 8,576 40.99% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14% UNP 1,522 7.27% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71% DPLF 740 3.54% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34% SLMC 669 3.20% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61% ACTC 565 2.70% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14% Valid Votes 20,922 85.31% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 3,603 14.69% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 24,525 45.91% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 53,421 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Kilinochchi Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (97.3%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kilinochchi Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%)

Religion

The Kilinochchi Polling Division has a Hindu majority (81.9%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (10.6%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kilinochchi Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%)

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